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Southern provinces, Afghanistan

Afghanistan Lead-Zinc Underground Mine

Tunnel mining of lead-zinc ore with a proven, field-maintainable fleet.

Drill · Blast · MuckFull underground cycle
Excavator working the rock face at the mine

Overview

About the project

We mine lead-zinc ore through tunnels driven into the host rock using conventional drill-and-blast methods. The ore body is opened from surface cuts, then developed underground.

Our fleet is chosen for remote conditions: equipment that is robust, widely available in the region and repairable on site. Broken ore is mucked at the face, hauled to the portal and trucked to the stockpile for sorting and bagging.

Equipment fleet

Built for the full underground cycle.

A proven, field-maintainable fleet, from drilling and blasting at the face to haulage and ground support.

  1. Stage 01

    Drilling & blasting

    Breaking ore at the face.

    • Pneumatic rock drills

      YT28 / YT24 handheld jackhammers

      Air-powered, low-cost and repairable in the field. The standard underground drill across the region.

    • Screw air compressor

      15–20 bar · Atlas Copco or Kaishan

      Supplies compressed air to the rock drills at the working face.

    • Explosives & detonators

      ANFO with electric detonators

      Controlled face blasting to advance the tunnel and break ore.

  2. Stage 02

    Mucking & loading

    Clearing broken rock inside the tunnel.

    • Compact wheel loader

      0.6–1.0 m³ bucket · XCMG LW180 class

      Small enough to work in tunnel headings and around the portal.

    • Mucking loader

      ZWY-60 / ZWY-80 (Häggloader type)

      Loads blasted rock continuously from the face into mine cars.

    • Mine cars & battery locomotive

      Rail haulage

      Moves ore from the face to the portal with no exhaust fumes underground.

  3. Stage 03

    Haulage & support

    Moving ore out and keeping the tunnel safe.

    • Dump trucks & tractor trolleys

      10-tonne class

      Carry ore from the portal to the stockpile for sorting and bagging.

    • Shotcrete machine

      Sprayed-concrete ground support

      Critical in the fractured host rock typical of lead-zinc deposits.

    • Ventilation

      2 × 11 kW fans with ducting

      Delivers fresh air to the working face and clears blast fumes.

From the field

See it on the ground.

Gallery

  • Miners inside the underground workings
  • Broken lead-zinc ore at the mine
  • Air compressor receiver on site
  • Close-up of lead-zinc ore

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